"Execute them all!"
Zhu Youxiao dropped this sentence directly.
Since Zhu Youxiao came to the throne, Dongchang has been increasing his power for more than two years, and his eyes have spread all over the government and the public. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao can be more powerful in eradicating those who are disloyal to him.
And when several officials like Kong Wenzheng travel together, Dongchang's informants will naturally take advantage of the opportunity to get in, in order to prevent these officials from gathering together to devise any conspiracy.
Once someone is found to be dissatisfied with the court or the emperor.
Zhu Youxiao won't be polite either.
Naturally, the body is destroyed directly.
Although Zhu Youxiao admitted that what he did was cruel, he just wouldn't let others talk about it. If he did, he would be killed.
Otherwise, Zhu Youxiao would feel sorry for his reputation as a tyrant.
Anyway, Zhu Youxiao no longer cares about reputation or not. He would rather force everyone in the world to say that he is the emperor of the ages against their will than to graciously let go of those who scold him by humiliating himself.
Just like Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi.
Zhu Youxiao admired Zhu Gaochi's ability in internal affairs, but he was very dissatisfied with Zhu Gaochi's behavior of getting angry because a civil servant criticized him.
In Zhu Youxiao's view, as an emperor, if you want to avoid being scolded, you can't be reasonable. You have to chop it with a knife. If you chop off the head, your mouth will naturally be sealed.
Even if the knife cuts hard enough and has a little bit of vision, his head will automatically seal his mouth, and he will know how to use his head to direct his mouth to say good things.
Of course, some people will definitely say that Emperor, you are blocking the way of speech, which will cause thousands of horses to be silent, and will break the backbone of the scholars in the world.
But after summarizing history, Zhu Youxiao found that those who like to argue are not necessarily hard-nosed.
Zhu Youxiao remembered that on the eve of Li Zicheng's entry into Beijing during the Chongzhen Dynasty, a man named Guang Shiheng refused to allow Chongzhen to move south. He tried his best to argue and appeared to be particularly stubborn. In the end, he turned around and defected to Li Zicheng.
In Zhu Youxiao's view, if someone who truly represents the backbone of China is really dissatisfied with the emperor's nonsense and wants to resist tyranny, he will not beeping behind his back and calling himself a tyrant while enjoying the benefits given by his tyrant. Privilege, but directly raise an army to rebel, and then say "Does the prince, general, Xiang Ning have the guts?!"
"I am the destiny of heaven. All power in the world is given by me. The power to speak is also given by me. You can't just say whatever you want."
Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Zhongxian's leaving figure and cursed.
…
A section of the canal in Jinghai County.
Kong Wenxi, Huang Daozhou, and Zhan Jiasheng were heading south in a luxuriously decorated ship.
Although the canal was now frozen, Kong Wenzheng still took the boat because it was more comfortable than a carriage. Moreover, the interior of this luxurious ship was like a mobile brothel, so it was naturally more suitable for them than a carriage. A group of people walked and enjoyed the snow.
As for the power, it is naturally provided by trackers along the river.
The trackers used ropes to pull the big ship forward on both sides of the canal. Although it was very slow, it was indeed safer than riding a horse-drawn carriage.
However, these people are using public funds.
In the Ming Dynasty, it was a common phenomenon for officials and scholars to invade post stations.
The officials at the inns along the way naturally did not dare to offend these nobles with a rich family background, so they were forced to use the name of the inn to hire nearby trackers to pull the boats for Kong Wenzheng and others.
Therefore, when people from Dongchang rushed here, they saw a large ship with lights and colorful lights moving forward slowly on the canal that was as frozen as white.
On both sides of the boat were naked trackers staggering forward in the snow, shouting slogans and exhaling like mist;
The scholars on the boat laughed loudly in the warm spring-like cabin, and sometimes there were women's laughter.
"Stop this ship!"
Fei Han, the leader of Dongchang who was responsible for carrying out this task, shouted at this time.
Suddenly, two teams of Dongchang soldiers dressed in black robes came towards the big ship, like two swimming dragons. Soon they were lined up side by side on the frozen river, standing in the white snowy field above and below.
These Dongchang servants came pushing artillery carts.
Because the Apocalypse Emperor Zhu Youxiao merged the Military War Bureau and the Ordnance Bureau into the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau and recruited a large number of craftsmen, and after using the reward system to increase the enthusiasm of craftsmen, the output of Ming artillery increased exponentially, although the efficiency of a single craftsman in casting cannons It hasn't improved much, but the Ming Dynasty has a lot of people. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty now has a high artillery production capacity and abundant equipment. Even a spy agency like Dongchang has its own artillery.
And now the Dongchang's officers plan to directly bombard the big ship with artillery, and are too lazy to send people to chase it to avoid being injured by the powerful slaves on the ship. After all, many powerful people also prepare their own thugs and even hide firearms. Therefore, , Dongchang now often has to use the method of fighting to handle cases.
As for gunners, Dongchang has no shortage of them.
Because there were many retired camp soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, Dongchang recruited a large number of retired camp soldiers.
In Zhu Youxiao's view, these retired camp soldiers are people with military skills, and it is a waste to let them retire and return home. Moreover, once these veterans go bankrupt, they will either become bandits or join a wealthy family as slave thugs, no matter what. This situation will increase social instability and increase the cost of maintaining stability for the court. It would be better for him, the emperor, to recruit them back and keep them for his own use.
Anyway, Zhu Youxiao now has a lot of money. He relies on Shang Gongjian to buy spinning machines for the Xu family and runs the cotton yarn and Chongwen shop with the Xu family. In addition to tens of millions of taels of silver, he also has a lot of income every year and spends a lot of money. It is not a problem to spend a lot of money to hire these soldiers to enrich the East Factory and Jinyiwei.
Therefore, this can be regarded as the benefit of the emperor being rich. With money, he can naturally hire professional soldiers and enhance the power of the emperor.
Many of the soldiers who came from the camp in Dongchang are veteran artillerymen from border towns. They are very skilled and accurate in handling artillery.
Therefore, as soon as these Dongchang officers appeared behind the big ship, they immediately started loading ammunition and lighting the artillery matchlocks.
boom!
boom!
boom!
Soon, several cannon shots rang out.
The shells from the Folan cannon hit the big ship hard, piercing the biting and icy air and hitting the big ship directly.
The big ship suddenly shook violently.
Kong Wenzheng in the boat didn't know what was going on. He was holding a woman and pecking her randomly, so he pecked her directly on the ground, breaking her front teeth on the spot.
Soon, a woman screamed.
Kong Wenzheng also cursed with a mouth full of blood: "How did those trackers pull the boat? Believe it or not, I asked someone to beat them to death! Damn it, go get their leaders!"
But at this time, the ship shook violently again.
Kong Wenzheng sat down on the ground and said "ouch".
The other movers also screamed in agony.
Huang Daozhou was also unsteady for a moment. He only looked out, but the people from Dongchang who discovered it couldn't help but look shocked: "It's Dongchang, it's people from Dongchang! They have artillery!"
At this time, the young man from Yidongchang also shouted: "Dongchang is handling the case! Stop the ship immediately! Everyone get off the ship and kneel down, otherwise, we will kill without mercy!"
The tracker pulling the boat started to stop consciously when he saw this scene.
And everyone on the boat got off the boat obediently.
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